From 99504290b8a22b5c5a68f23b8a925015a16efdcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bwarsaw <>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:28:48 +0000
Subject: GetConfigInfo(): Elaborate on the details for bounce_score_threshold.

---
 Mailman/Gui/Bounce.py | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Mailman/Gui/Bounce.py b/Mailman/Gui/Bounce.py
index 4986cf28..09b911ac 100644
--- a/Mailman/Gui/Bounce.py
+++ b/Mailman/Gui/Bounce.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -84,7 +84,19 @@ class Bounce(GUIBase):
             ('bounce_score_threshold', mm_cfg.Number, 5, 0,
              _("""The maximum member bounce score before the member's
              subscription is disabled.  This value can be a floating point
-             number.""")),
+             number."""),
+             _("""Each subscriber is assigned a bounce score, as a floating
+             point number.  Whenever Mailman receives a bounce from a list
+             member, that member's score is incremented.  Hard bounces (fatal
+             errors) increase the score by 1, while soft bounces (temporary
+             errors) increase the score by 0.5.  Only one bounce per day
+             counts against a member's score, so even if 10 bounces are
+             received for a member on the same day, their score will increase
+             by just 1.
+
+             This variable describes the upper limit for a member's bounce
+             score, above which they are automatically disabled, but not
+             removed from the mailing list.""")),
 
             ('bounce_info_stale_after', mm_cfg.Number, 5, 0,
              _("""The number of days after which a member's bounce information
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